Vehicle having an actuating apparatus for a vehicle door, actuating apparatus and use of an actuating apparatus

Abstract

An actuating apparatus for adjusting a first vehicle door which can be automatically adjusted between a closed position and an open position is used in a vehicle. To this end, the actuating apparatus has a capacitive distance sensor for detecting a movement of a person who is in the vicinity of the vehicle, and also has a control and evaluation unit. The control and evaluation unit is configured to identify a first door actuation request on the basis of the detected movement, and to trigger adjustment of the first vehicle door when the first door actuation request is identified. In this case, a sensor electrode of the capacitive distance sensor is arranged in a vehicle corner region which is associated with the rear of the vehicle.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A vehicle, comprising:
 a first vehicle door being automatically displaceable between a closed position and an open position; 
 a second vehicle door; 
 an actuating apparatus for said first vehicle door, said actuating apparatus having a capacitive distance sensor with a sensor electrode for detecting a movement of a person who is in a vicinity of the vehicle, said sensor electrode disposed only in a vehicle corner region associated with a rear of the vehicle and being curved around a vehicle corner of said vehicle corner region; and 
 a control and evaluation unit configured for recognizing a first door actuation request on a basis of a detected movement and triggering a displacement of said first vehicle door upon recognition of the first door actuation request, said control and evaluation unit being configured for recognizing a second door actuation request on a basis of the detected movement and triggering a displacement of said second vehicle door upon recognition of the second door actuation request. 
 
     
     
       2. The vehicle according to  claim 1 , further comprising a steering wheel, said sensor electrode is disposed on a vehicle side opposite a position of said steering wheel. 
     
     
       3. A vehicle, comprising:
 a first vehicle door being automatically displaceable between a closed position and an open position; 
 a second vehicle door; 
 an actuating apparatus for said first vehicle door, said actuating apparatus having a capacitive distance sensor with a sensor electrode for detecting a movement of a person who is in a vicinity of the vehicle, said sensor electrode disposed in a vehicle corner region associated with a rear of the vehicle and being curved around a vehicle corner of said vehicle corner region; and 
 a control and evaluation unit configured for recognizing a first door actuation request on a basis of a detected movement and triggering a displacement of said first vehicle door upon recognition of the first door actuation request, said control and evaluation unit being configured for recognizing a second door actuation request on a basis of the detected movement and triggering a displacement of said second vehicle door upon recognition of the second door actuation request. 
 
     
     
       4. A vehicle, comprising:
 a first vehicle door being automatically displaceable between a closed position and an open position; 
 a second vehicle door; 
 an actuating apparatus for said first vehicle door, said actuating apparatus having a capacitive distance sensor with a sensor electrode for detecting a movement of a person who is in a vicinity of the vehicle, said sensor electrode disposed in a vehicle corner region associated with a rear of the vehicle, said sensor electrode being curved around a vehicle corner of said vehicle corner region from a position being 50 cm from said vehicle corner in a transverse direction of the vehicle to a position being 50 cm from said vehicle corner in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and 
 a control and evaluation unit configured for recognizing a first door actuation request on a basis of a detected movement and triggering a displacement of said first vehicle door upon recognition of the first door actuation request, said control and evaluation unit being configured for recognizing a second door actuation request on a basis of the detected movement and triggering a displacement of said second vehicle door upon recognition of the second door actuation request. 
 
     
     
       5. The vehicle according to  claim 4 , wherein said sensor electrode is not disposed in a middle region of a rear bumper of the vehicle. 
     
     
       6. The vehicle according to  claim 5 , wherein said middle region begins 50 cm from said vehicle corner.